What a day. Won my 1st 3 in a row. 1 was v/s a complete nut job. He ck raises an A33ds flop for 1/2 his stack and insta folds to a shove. My notes were pretty long on him. He wins a flip in the rematch. 3rd match he's mr shove. Check/shoving lots of flops. And I lose another flip to him. 4th rematch much of the same. He limps 63s and I check Qxs in the BB. We get all in on the flop my top pair no good v/s 6 hi flush draw. And then he quit me. I went 1-3 against a complete moron. No wonder I' m not beating 33 HU. I'm now 0-4 in flips today. Be nice to win one occasionally. Guy min raises btn, I 3 bet KK, he shoves AJo I call obv. Flop Axx naturally, turn K :-)
16 games in and I finally win a flip. 1 for 5 now. I keep getting 3 bet pre and then I get a pretty hand like ATs and AJ and shove they have QQ+ every time. :-( I flop a Q hi flush v/s a donk and he flops A hi flush. Then I lose A2s to 87o and lost 5 of my last 6. I get a guy down to 500 at 25/50 and he comes back to win. I shove Kx he had AK, I shove K8 he had A8, I shove Q7 he had Q8. Now lost 7 of last 8 and 6 in a row. Lost another when I c-bet the flop and the guy ck/min raised me like he does 1/2 the time. He's folded every other time and this time he flopped trips obv.
This is great. Moron calls lvl 1 J2s in BB. Flop 532ds I have KQs of the suit. I lead, he check min raises, I shove and he insta calls me and I miss all my outs. lost 8 of 9 now. What are these people thinking? Obv answer they aren't. Next game I 3 bet A9s get called by KJ. Flop K9x I bet pot he shoves I have to call gg me. 9 of 10 and 9 in a row loses. And I lost another flip so I'm 1-5 now. And down 6 Buy Ins. Great 1st set for the day. If I don't have a big set to follow this up I guess I'm moving back to the 22s. And its not like I'm getting outplayed at the 33s I just run like shit.
Session 2 I win game 1 and lose game 2 AK < AJ. Game 3 I flop nut straight and get it on the river v/s a smaller straight in lvl 1. Then I lose rematch flush over flush. Next I lose a rematch v/s the guy in game 1 who is a complete agro maniac overbetting flops 3-4x the flop and lots of weird stuff. I call down 2nd pair and he had flopped top 2. The guy who just beat me flush over flush hits me again t hi v/s 9 hi flush for a small pot. I lose 3rd match with agro maniac TT < AJs. This is getting really sickening. I'm 2-5 now in this session. V/s maniac I get in top pair v/s 2nd pair he turns trips. I get him down to 15BBs and he wins A2 < KT. I finally get the win v/s him. I 3 bet AJs and he calls AQs. Flop KJx he calls flop, I shove turn he calls with a gutshot and rivers me. Next he min bets 77 I 3 bet AT he calls. Flop 88x I bet he calls I shove turn Q he calls I brick. I raise KQ and get 3 bet hand 1 of a game I call. Flop QJx we get all in he had JJ obv.
OK I finished up 1 BI at 11-9 on the night. I made a decent rally to finish the session.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Running blah at the 33s.
1st session I went 12-12 today. Played well ran horrible. Down about 1 BI.
2nd session early on I 3 bet AQ get called by 98o. Flop JT9 he shoves my pot bet and holds. Then I get min raised in the next game by 54s pre, I flop 2 pair and lead out, he raises his flush draw and calls a shove and hits it obv. Rematch I lost AT to J8s all in pre for 13BBs. Next game I get a total ass sit downs and berates me cause I took a fw seconds to make a note and berates me for slowplaying and time banks every decision. Then he starts making 13x raises pre. I call KQs and CRAI on a T hi flop and he insta calls with the A hi flush draw. Yeah I run good. Then he follows me to the next table telling the guy I like to drag the clock out the entire game. It was ok cause the guy calls my 4 bet pre in lvl 1 with A7o and my AK held. Then asshole must have been waiting as he sits in the next game and stalls again on every decision. I ran a big 3 street bluff on him that he folds the river to my Q hi. He then limp/calls all in 15BBs with QTs and doubles through my A8s to take a lead. He then limp calls all in with A9o and my J8s hits. Then he min raised AJo and I shove Q9s and hit to knock him out. Nice to get a little justice. I had a guy open shove 22 in lvl 1 and of course my AK is no match. Next guy calls 97s in BB and ck/overshoves a FD v/s my pair and straight draw and I lose. I really run good as you can tell. A little later he calls me down with 33 on a 5 over card board with a possible straight out there. Obv I missed my draw. Then his KQ takes out my A5.
I'm blogging as I go through this session and it looks like I'm going to be a big loser tonight. Currently 6-9 and I was only planning on playing 20 games but I may have to play more just to get close to even. I raise AQ and flop comes Qxx all hearts and of course he had 97hh. sigh. I did manage to come back and take the lead 5:1 and finally my Q4 > K4 when I river a straight. Next game I flop trips and get a short stack all in he goes runner runner straight to get back in it. Then he calls me all the way down with a 6 hi flush draw and missed and that was it for him. So I'm now 8-9 and about 2 BIs down on the session. I donk away the next game. I raise AQs flop K99 he donks pot, I min raise and he shoves I fold he shows 53o. Next hand he opens and I shove A8s and he had JJ. Flop Axx. Turn J. :-( Bad play by me on both hands.
What is it with the donk bets tonight. Next game I open btn he calls and donks a J7xds flop and calls my raise. Turn makes 3 flush and he insta shoves and I fold 2nd pair and he has a 2:1 lead. I did come back to win though. Raised Q2s he calls K7o. Flops KQ2 and somehow I hold. Now I'm 9-10 and still in 1 game about even at 50/100. If I win this I'm 10-10 and 22 and 22 on the day and only down some rake and will probably call it a night. sadhfhdfhd Walked with KK sigh. 2 hands later he limps btn I check K5s. Flop Kxx I check he insta shoves QQ and I'm a winnah!!!
2nd session early on I 3 bet AQ get called by 98o. Flop JT9 he shoves my pot bet and holds. Then I get min raised in the next game by 54s pre, I flop 2 pair and lead out, he raises his flush draw and calls a shove and hits it obv. Rematch I lost AT to J8s all in pre for 13BBs. Next game I get a total ass sit downs and berates me cause I took a fw seconds to make a note and berates me for slowplaying and time banks every decision. Then he starts making 13x raises pre. I call KQs and CRAI on a T hi flop and he insta calls with the A hi flush draw. Yeah I run good. Then he follows me to the next table telling the guy I like to drag the clock out the entire game. It was ok cause the guy calls my 4 bet pre in lvl 1 with A7o and my AK held. Then asshole must have been waiting as he sits in the next game and stalls again on every decision. I ran a big 3 street bluff on him that he folds the river to my Q hi. He then limp/calls all in 15BBs with QTs and doubles through my A8s to take a lead. He then limp calls all in with A9o and my J8s hits. Then he min raised AJo and I shove Q9s and hit to knock him out. Nice to get a little justice. I had a guy open shove 22 in lvl 1 and of course my AK is no match. Next guy calls 97s in BB and ck/overshoves a FD v/s my pair and straight draw and I lose. I really run good as you can tell. A little later he calls me down with 33 on a 5 over card board with a possible straight out there. Obv I missed my draw. Then his KQ takes out my A5.
I'm blogging as I go through this session and it looks like I'm going to be a big loser tonight. Currently 6-9 and I was only planning on playing 20 games but I may have to play more just to get close to even. I raise AQ and flop comes Qxx all hearts and of course he had 97hh. sigh. I did manage to come back and take the lead 5:1 and finally my Q4 > K4 when I river a straight. Next game I flop trips and get a short stack all in he goes runner runner straight to get back in it. Then he calls me all the way down with a 6 hi flush draw and missed and that was it for him. So I'm now 8-9 and about 2 BIs down on the session. I donk away the next game. I raise AQs flop K99 he donks pot, I min raise and he shoves I fold he shows 53o. Next hand he opens and I shove A8s and he had JJ. Flop Axx. Turn J. :-( Bad play by me on both hands.
What is it with the donk bets tonight. Next game I open btn he calls and donks a J7xds flop and calls my raise. Turn makes 3 flush and he insta shoves and I fold 2nd pair and he has a 2:1 lead. I did come back to win though. Raised Q2s he calls K7o. Flops KQ2 and somehow I hold. Now I'm 9-10 and still in 1 game about even at 50/100. If I win this I'm 10-10 and 22 and 22 on the day and only down some rake and will probably call it a night. sadhfhdfhd Walked with KK sigh. 2 hands later he limps btn I check K5s. Flop Kxx I check he insta shoves QQ and I'm a winnah!!!
Monday, April 28, 2008
Trying the 33s again
Well decided to take a shot at the 33s today. Won 3 in a row to start off then a guy calls pot bets to the river and catches his flush, then in the rematch he gets me AQ v/s A5 and he flops 55x. Next game I lose AK all in pre to QJ flop AK8 river T, he makes straight. Next game I get a guy to donate most of his stack early in lvl 1. The he decides to call a raise with 96o. Flop 887 he calls a bet, turn T and he has about a pot sized bet left and I dbl him up. I did come back to beat him AQ v/s QTs all in pre but he flopped a FD and missed somehow.
Next I get a guy down to 12BBs he min raises I call QTo flop Q64 he had 64o obv. He got me down to 3BBs and I dbl and thenI shove 86o and he had AA and the board makes a 5 flush of clubs but I had the 8c to double through again. Then we get all in on the turn next hand with each having 2nd pair but he had a 2 kicker and I had a FD on the turn that came in to take the lead. I dbl him back up to get back to even stacks at 60/120. Finally he shoved K6 and my A5 held to win that one. SO I won 3, lost 3 and won 3 again. I hate being so streaky.
Next I get A9s all in pre v/s A7o. Flops A7x, turn blank, river 9! But it went downhill after that. I ended the session losing 6 of 8. I lost to a guy who called a 15BB shove T9o and obv flops straight. Then another guy shoves 5x the pot on the flop with bottom pair, I call 2nd pair and he rivers 2 pair. He goes on to 3 out me 2x to win. Then I sit with the wildest player I've seen i HU. Hand 1 he opens for like 15x, next he min 3 bets, me 2x in a row when I open. He blinds me down to 900 before I finally get a draw and shove and win v/s him. I open A9o, he min 3 bets, I shove he insta calls KJo and flops a J. He blinds me down some more until I 3 bet all in 22 and won a race. Then he opens 4x I shove A7 and he snap calls 33 and I flop an Ace to get the win. At the same time in my other match AJ < A9 obv. He gets a 2:1 lead and then limp/calls a 12x shove with KQo and my A8 is good when I flop an Ace. So session 1 today 12-9 for about +2 and change buy ins.
2nd session was a lot worse. I lost 6/7 towards the end but did finish at like 12-11 so I broke even. But I lost in round 1 of the PXF HU tourny tonight. 3 tabling HU games isn't wise and I really got outplayed in the PXF matchup v/s RamboDave who may be the only reader of this blog. ;-) Congrats on the win Dave you played well.
Anyway so I did about 45 games today and up about 2.5 BIs. About 1/2 of what I'd like my ROI to be on the day but hopefully I can keep running at the 33s this week and see how I end up.
Next I get a guy down to 12BBs he min raises I call QTo flop Q64 he had 64o obv. He got me down to 3BBs and I dbl and thenI shove 86o and he had AA and the board makes a 5 flush of clubs but I had the 8c to double through again. Then we get all in on the turn next hand with each having 2nd pair but he had a 2 kicker and I had a FD on the turn that came in to take the lead. I dbl him back up to get back to even stacks at 60/120. Finally he shoved K6 and my A5 held to win that one. SO I won 3, lost 3 and won 3 again. I hate being so streaky.
Next I get A9s all in pre v/s A7o. Flops A7x, turn blank, river 9! But it went downhill after that. I ended the session losing 6 of 8. I lost to a guy who called a 15BB shove T9o and obv flops straight. Then another guy shoves 5x the pot on the flop with bottom pair, I call 2nd pair and he rivers 2 pair. He goes on to 3 out me 2x to win. Then I sit with the wildest player I've seen i HU. Hand 1 he opens for like 15x, next he min 3 bets, me 2x in a row when I open. He blinds me down to 900 before I finally get a draw and shove and win v/s him. I open A9o, he min 3 bets, I shove he insta calls KJo and flops a J. He blinds me down some more until I 3 bet all in 22 and won a race. Then he opens 4x I shove A7 and he snap calls 33 and I flop an Ace to get the win. At the same time in my other match AJ < A9 obv. He gets a 2:1 lead and then limp/calls a 12x shove with KQo and my A8 is good when I flop an Ace. So session 1 today 12-9 for about +2 and change buy ins.
2nd session was a lot worse. I lost 6/7 towards the end but did finish at like 12-11 so I broke even. But I lost in round 1 of the PXF HU tourny tonight. 3 tabling HU games isn't wise and I really got outplayed in the PXF matchup v/s RamboDave who may be the only reader of this blog. ;-) Congrats on the win Dave you played well.
Anyway so I did about 45 games today and up about 2.5 BIs. About 1/2 of what I'd like my ROI to be on the day but hopefully I can keep running at the 33s this week and see how I end up.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Pretty decent Sunday
Went 18-11 in my 1st set on the day. 7 gmae winstreak in there. Nothing exciting just did really well. 2nd set was horrible. I started off really bad. Then went on an 8 game win streak followed by losing 9 of 10 and down 2 BIs on the night session and I gt frustrated and quit. I had one huge donk take 3 of 5 from me. He was horrible. I won the 1st game I think and he won the 2nd by 3 betting me 4 times in a row in lvl 1, I shove AJs and he had KK. Next game he wins 5 all ins in a row with the worst hand and wins. Then he keeps calling me with Kx and Qx v/s my Ax and pair hands preflop and hit them all. I had another donk take 2-3 from me doing about the same thing. I got coolered pretty bad in the last couple I played. Including rivering the 2nd nut straight when my pair + draw improve and the guy had called the flop with KTo, called the turn when he got a draw and rivered a K hi straight v/s my Q hi straight. Pretty upset with the finish to the day. I was up 6 BIs at the 19 game mark and end up -2.5 is pretty sick but still up on the day.
Also still a dbl digit ROI since my coaching session even with this bad session tonight so I'm doing ok.
Also still a dbl digit ROI since my coaching session even with this bad session tonight so I'm doing ok.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Bad Beats R Us
Started off winning 4 in a row today then lost 4 in a row. I lost AK to AJs all in pre 2nd hand, I lost a flip, then I lost when a guy shoves the flop with a FD and GS and I had the nut FD draw to the same flush and the overs and he hit the gutterball. Then I finally got a win and lost another flop to Mr gutterball. So I started off 5-5 and easily could have been 9-1. Thats the breaks though. Then I come back to win another 5 in a row. Such swongs. Finished 16-13 in session 1 so up a couple BIs. I had 1 guy down to under 6BBs and he obv instacalls a shove with T4o and rivers me and goes on to win. The other game last game the guy won I believe 5 all ins v/s me. I never won an all in v/s him.
2nd session early i get a donk to keep rematching me who ran super hot. limp J7s and I'd have 65s. Flop J65 he shoves I call turn 7. he had a couple of those hands. Another guy I losr like 4/5 to who kept limp/calling with air and flopping monsters and I'm bluffing him. He limp/call 53s and flops the straight v/s me while I'm bluffing AJs or something. 1 time he shoved 2nd pair no kicker v/s me with no FE after limp/calling. It was amazing how hot this guy ran and he never folded. And he started the session by telling me how bad he runs. I wonder why he runs so bad v/s everyone but me lol I lost 4 in a row and 6 of 8 during this stretch. Next game I raise AK called by K6s and get it all in on K hi flop river 6. I lost in lvl 2 to a guy who bet and calls my shove with K4s obv my A8 no good lol. To finish up the session guy with 12BBs shoves A6o I call AJ and he 4 flushes me. River J just for spite. Then he calls me with Q5o in the BB I had K2dd. Flop 752 2 diamonds he leads, I shove he tanks and calls and I brick out. Same time in my other game SB limps I check 54o. flop 754 I lead, he raises I shove he calls and shows 65o. Turn A river 7 and we split. I felt lucky to split that one though. I did somehow come back to win both of these games though.
I did finish the session winning 6 in a row and 7 of 8. Up about 8 BIs on the day in 60 games so I can't complain. Nice to run bad and still be up on the day. :-)
2nd session early i get a donk to keep rematching me who ran super hot. limp J7s and I'd have 65s. Flop J65 he shoves I call turn 7. he had a couple of those hands. Another guy I losr like 4/5 to who kept limp/calling with air and flopping monsters and I'm bluffing him. He limp/call 53s and flops the straight v/s me while I'm bluffing AJs or something. 1 time he shoved 2nd pair no kicker v/s me with no FE after limp/calling. It was amazing how hot this guy ran and he never folded. And he started the session by telling me how bad he runs. I wonder why he runs so bad v/s everyone but me lol I lost 4 in a row and 6 of 8 during this stretch. Next game I raise AK called by K6s and get it all in on K hi flop river 6. I lost in lvl 2 to a guy who bet and calls my shove with K4s obv my A8 no good lol. To finish up the session guy with 12BBs shoves A6o I call AJ and he 4 flushes me. River J just for spite. Then he calls me with Q5o in the BB I had K2dd. Flop 752 2 diamonds he leads, I shove he tanks and calls and I brick out. Same time in my other game SB limps I check 54o. flop 754 I lead, he raises I shove he calls and shows 65o. Turn A river 7 and we split. I felt lucky to split that one though. I did somehow come back to win both of these games though.
I did finish the session winning 6 in a row and 7 of 8. Up about 8 BIs on the day in 60 games so I can't complain. Nice to run bad and still be up on the day. :-)
Thursday, April 24, 2008
No more 33s for me for now
OK had a great session at the 22s to start off. Went 19-11 and had a 6 game win streak that would have been 7 or 8 in a row at the end but I shoved a guys limp with 33 and he snap calls 13BBs with KJo and got there. But I was happy with my play and how I ran.
2nd set I decided to lose it all back at the 33s. I won 3 of 12 to start off. I did win 6/7 to come back to only down 3 BIs though. It was amazing. I lost 3 in a row to a player who calls every preflop raise and donks every flop and never folds a pair. Obv I never made a hand unless he had a better one. The 1 hand that stands out he called something like K3o in the BB. Flop is T63r he donk leads, I raise almost the size of the pot with top pair and he calls. Turn K and he check/calls off the rest of his stack which is about 1/2 pot I guess. I had a player tonight who called me on the river Q hi and I think he rematched me 3 times at the 22s and I won them all. Another player I think I won 4 of 5 against who calls almost every preflop raise, calls every flop bet with any pair or K hi, he auto bets his btn and cbets pot every time. I had some battles with him cause he kept coming back on me. But I can't believe there are so many calling stations out there and that I can never make hands v/s them to get paid off.
Still up on the day but I'm probably going to stay at the 22s regardless of how good I'm running until next week. I want to get a decent sample size at the 22s while I'm getting coached and then maybe next week move up and only play 33s again.
2nd set I decided to lose it all back at the 33s. I won 3 of 12 to start off. I did win 6/7 to come back to only down 3 BIs though. It was amazing. I lost 3 in a row to a player who calls every preflop raise and donks every flop and never folds a pair. Obv I never made a hand unless he had a better one. The 1 hand that stands out he called something like K3o in the BB. Flop is T63r he donk leads, I raise almost the size of the pot with top pair and he calls. Turn K and he check/calls off the rest of his stack which is about 1/2 pot I guess. I had a player tonight who called me on the river Q hi and I think he rematched me 3 times at the 22s and I won them all. Another player I think I won 4 of 5 against who calls almost every preflop raise, calls every flop bet with any pair or K hi, he auto bets his btn and cbets pot every time. I had some battles with him cause he kept coming back on me. But I can't believe there are so many calling stations out there and that I can never make hands v/s them to get paid off.
Still up on the day but I'm probably going to stay at the 22s regardless of how good I'm running until next week. I want to get a decent sample size at the 22s while I'm getting coached and then maybe next week move up and only play 33s again.
Getting coached and writing more
OK I been kinda busy the last couple of days and haven't updated. I did my coaching session on Tuesday and felt it went really well. He agreed that the area that needs the most work is my preflop at 15-25BBs. I need to work in some limps with some hands I want to see flops with v/s agro opponents instead of raise/folding to shoves. And I need to be willing to shove more preflop as well when I have over 10BBs. I didn't play Tuesday except my coaching session but I did play yesterday about 50 games and I was 25-25. I went even in both sessions the 2nd session I had moved up to the 33s but I'll probably not do that again this week I just wanted to make sure I got my Ironman points so I could watch the Lakers in the playoffs.
Gotten some good feedback on my SNG articles at sitandgoplanet.com. I got contacted last night about writing for a new online poker magazine coming out. Doing a 1,000 word article each month for them. I'm pretty excited about it. Hoping maybe this could lead to some more writing for sites later on this year. I'll update more on the writing when I know more about the site and when the article gets published. Its probably a month to 6 weeks away though.
Gotten some good feedback on my SNG articles at sitandgoplanet.com. I got contacted last night about writing for a new online poker magazine coming out. Doing a 1,000 word article each month for them. I'm pretty excited about it. Hoping maybe this could lead to some more writing for sites later on this year. I'll update more on the writing when I know more about the site and when the article gets published. Its probably a month to 6 weeks away though.
Monday, April 21, 2008
1st ever 9 game losing streak I want to die
1st of all Congrats to Stevie on winning the Stars 109R this afternoon.
Day started off really well. I won 10 of my 1st 13 games. 1 or 2 of the losses was a coin flips so I was doing good overall. At the 15 game mark I was 11-4. Then I lost 9 straight games. I finished by winning 4 of 5 and broke even on the session but this is unreal. I did not tilt I just lost everything. If I had a pair and a draw the other guy had already made the draw, I couldn't connect with any of the boards, I lost all my flips, I rarely got in ahead. I had a guy bet/4bet all in with 22 on hand 1 of the SNG and my AK was no good. The hand below is great where I flop 2 pair and call the flop. He shoves the turn on a gut shot and gets there. I'm happy I had this streak and didn't tilt off. I didn't actually know it was that bad until I looked and it was already at 6 games.
I didn't have my coaching session today I haven't heard back from him. Hoping to do it tomorrow maybe. I do know I have some big holes to fill in my game in the 15-25BB area on shoving and calling shoves. I started working on a spreadsheet for it today and then remembered I hadn't watched Sheets reshipaments video. It wasn't made exactly for HU play but its very good and very close to what I was doing on my own spreadsheet.
Full Tilt Poker Game #6124975860: $22 + $1 Heads Up Sit & Go (46623338), Table 1 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:24:44 ET - 2008/04/21
Seat 1: jackofheartz13 (1,580)
Seat 2: iamSilver (1,420)
jackofheartz13 posts the small blind of 25
iamSilver posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jackofheartz13 [Tc 6c]
jackofheartz13 raises to 125
iamSilver raises to 200
jackofheartz13 calls 75
*** FLOP *** [Kd 6h Ts]
iamSilver bets 400
jackofheartz13 calls 400
*** TURN *** [Kd 6h Ts] [3h]
iamSilver has 15 seconds left to act
iamSilver bets 820, and is all in
jackofheartz13 calls 820
iamSilver shows [Qd 9c]
jackofheartz13 shows [Tc 6c]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 6h Ts 3h] [Js]
iamSilver shows a straight, King high
jackofheartz13 shows two pair, Tens and Sixes
iamSilver wins the pot (2,840) with a straight, King high
jackofheartz13: lmao
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,840 | Rake 0
Board: [Kd 6h Ts 3h Js]
Seat 1: jackofheartz13 (small blind) showed [Tc 6c] and lost with two pair, Tens and Sixes
Seat 2: iamSilver (big blind) showed [Qd 9c] and won (2,840) with a straight, King high
2nd 1/2 of night started much better. Started off 18-6. Then I got a couple of huge donks who beat up on me at the end. They just couldn't miss. My fav was the guy who constantly overbet the pot. I flop a pair and a FD and in lvl 1 he donk shoves the flop I snap call and he had a Q hi flush draw, same draw as me, and gets there of course. Then he calls my overshove on the flop with an OESD v/s my pair, I turn trips and he catches the straight. Then the other donk I'm playing gets in v/s me about 8 times and finally beats me in game 1. In game 2 he keeps min betting pre I call K8. Flop KJx I check and he checks. Turn 9 I check he bets I raise almost the size of the pot he snap calls. River 9 he bets small and I call he had 98o for trips. 2 hands later at 25/50 I raise to 100 with 66 he instashoves me and I think a minute and call he had A9o and somehow I hold and go on to win. So 19-10 in the 2nd set puts me up about 8 BIs and probably the 2nd best day I've had at this level even with the horrendous 1st session.
Day started off really well. I won 10 of my 1st 13 games. 1 or 2 of the losses was a coin flips so I was doing good overall. At the 15 game mark I was 11-4. Then I lost 9 straight games. I finished by winning 4 of 5 and broke even on the session but this is unreal. I did not tilt I just lost everything. If I had a pair and a draw the other guy had already made the draw, I couldn't connect with any of the boards, I lost all my flips, I rarely got in ahead. I had a guy bet/4bet all in with 22 on hand 1 of the SNG and my AK was no good. The hand below is great where I flop 2 pair and call the flop. He shoves the turn on a gut shot and gets there. I'm happy I had this streak and didn't tilt off. I didn't actually know it was that bad until I looked and it was already at 6 games.
I didn't have my coaching session today I haven't heard back from him. Hoping to do it tomorrow maybe. I do know I have some big holes to fill in my game in the 15-25BB area on shoving and calling shoves. I started working on a spreadsheet for it today and then remembered I hadn't watched Sheets reshipaments video. It wasn't made exactly for HU play but its very good and very close to what I was doing on my own spreadsheet.
Full Tilt Poker Game #6124975860: $22 + $1 Heads Up Sit & Go (46623338), Table 1 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:24:44 ET - 2008/04/21
Seat 1: jackofheartz13 (1,580)
Seat 2: iamSilver (1,420)
jackofheartz13 posts the small blind of 25
iamSilver posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jackofheartz13 [Tc 6c]
jackofheartz13 raises to 125
iamSilver raises to 200
jackofheartz13 calls 75
*** FLOP *** [Kd 6h Ts]
iamSilver bets 400
jackofheartz13 calls 400
*** TURN *** [Kd 6h Ts] [3h]
iamSilver has 15 seconds left to act
iamSilver bets 820, and is all in
jackofheartz13 calls 820
iamSilver shows [Qd 9c]
jackofheartz13 shows [Tc 6c]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 6h Ts 3h] [Js]
iamSilver shows a straight, King high
jackofheartz13 shows two pair, Tens and Sixes
iamSilver wins the pot (2,840) with a straight, King high
jackofheartz13: lmao
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,840 | Rake 0
Board: [Kd 6h Ts 3h Js]
Seat 1: jackofheartz13 (small blind) showed [Tc 6c] and lost with two pair, Tens and Sixes
Seat 2: iamSilver (big blind) showed [Qd 9c] and won (2,840) with a straight, King high
2nd 1/2 of night started much better. Started off 18-6. Then I got a couple of huge donks who beat up on me at the end. They just couldn't miss. My fav was the guy who constantly overbet the pot. I flop a pair and a FD and in lvl 1 he donk shoves the flop I snap call and he had a Q hi flush draw, same draw as me, and gets there of course. Then he calls my overshove on the flop with an OESD v/s my pair, I turn trips and he catches the straight. Then the other donk I'm playing gets in v/s me about 8 times and finally beats me in game 1. In game 2 he keeps min betting pre I call K8. Flop KJx I check and he checks. Turn 9 I check he bets I raise almost the size of the pot he snap calls. River 9 he bets small and I call he had 98o for trips. 2 hands later at 25/50 I raise to 100 with 66 he instashoves me and I think a minute and call he had A9o and somehow I hold and go on to win. So 19-10 in the 2nd set puts me up about 8 BIs and probably the 2nd best day I've had at this level even with the horrendous 1st session.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Sundays Suck
Hand 1 of my 1st SNG. Dealt AA and I raise btn, opponent shoves I call. He has KQs. Flops KQx but giving me a flush draw and I brick. Prob a sign for the day? lol Match 2 I flop 2 pair and we get in on the turn he had the same top pair as me and rivers a better 2 pair. Well through 30 games I'm 15-15 so down 1 BI. Started off bad losing 7 of my 1st 11. I just keep starting off bad each night playing catch up it seems. I may start my next session 1 tabling for a few games then add in a 2nd one and see if that helps any.
Well 2nd session wasn't much better but I am up 2 BIs from it so +1 on the day. Streaky in the session. I won 4 then lost 3. Had a streak of losing 5 followed by winning 5. Lots of huge donks tonight in rematches. Guys who were -10% over 400+ games so I had to keep rematching them. They just overshoved a ton. I prob broke even against the 2 that I kept rematching which sucks. I got 2 outed on 1 hand tonight as well for most of my stack. I flop 2 pair on a mono flop, he CR the turn when he makes btm 2 and I just call to see what the river is. Wasn't really afraid of the flush but shoving only makes worse hands fold and better hands call. River pairs the btm flop card and he bets, I call and he made a boat.
Oh well hopefully after my coaching session tomorrow things go better.
Well 2nd session wasn't much better but I am up 2 BIs from it so +1 on the day. Streaky in the session. I won 4 then lost 3. Had a streak of losing 5 followed by winning 5. Lots of huge donks tonight in rematches. Guys who were -10% over 400+ games so I had to keep rematching them. They just overshoved a ton. I prob broke even against the 2 that I kept rematching which sucks. I got 2 outed on 1 hand tonight as well for most of my stack. I flop 2 pair on a mono flop, he CR the turn when he makes btm 2 and I just call to see what the river is. Wasn't really afraid of the flush but shoving only makes worse hands fold and better hands call. River pairs the btm flop card and he bets, I call and he made a boat.
Oh well hopefully after my coaching session tomorrow things go better.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
HU SNG articles are up
Hey guys I have a few HU articles up at SNG planet if anyone is interested in reading them.
http://www.sitandgoplanet.com/sitandgo/sng_headsup/Heads-Up_SNG_Strategy_Adjusting_To_Opponents.html
http://www.sitandgoplanet.com/sitandgo/sng_headsup/Heads-Up_SNG_Strategy_Adjusting_For_Position.html
http://www.sitandgoplanet.com/sitandgo/sng_headsup/Heads-Up_SNG_Strategy_Relative_Hand_Strengths.html
http://www.sitandgoplanet.com/sitandgo/sng_headsup/Heads-Up_SNG_Strategy_Adjusting_To_Opponents.html
http://www.sitandgoplanet.com/sitandgo/sng_headsup/Heads-Up_SNG_Strategy_Adjusting_For_Position.html
http://www.sitandgoplanet.com/sitandgo/sng_headsup/Heads-Up_SNG_Strategy_Relative_Hand_Strengths.html
Friday, April 18, 2008
makes this stop
I think the damage is only 5 BIs tonight but another horrible night. I lost 3 times in level 1 having players dominated. I lost a couple other times with Ak v/s A2o type hands for stacks. I had a guy min raise/call 1/2 his stack pre with TT and flop a set v/s my KK for stacks as well. I finally just gave up on the night. The weekends are bad for me anyway I run horrible on weekends. I had a 7 game losing streak which is a new record and lost 13/17 at one point. I don't think I'm going to put a stop loss on my nights just yet but I may start dropping to just 1 table when I get into these bad streaks. I know I'm not playing my A game and I'm getting frustrated and I either need to take a break and walk away or just play 1 table until I win a couple and feel I'm back to playing my best.
My SNG articles haven't been uploaded yet when they are I'll link them.
I'm going to get a HU coach next week for a couple hours a week prob. Maybe do 2 2 hours sessions next week I'm not sure. I've got to work some things out in my game. He said my graph from Stars looked good until the obv downswing I hit after 2 weeks at the 55s. I may go back to Stars and play next month idk yet. I like the structure better but the faster games on Tilt, the rematch button (which may hurt me more than help since I get into pissing contests with donks), and rakeback though really make it hard for me to think about leaving there.
My SNG articles haven't been uploaded yet when they are I'll link them.
I'm going to get a HU coach next week for a couple hours a week prob. Maybe do 2 2 hours sessions next week I'm not sure. I've got to work some things out in my game. He said my graph from Stars looked good until the obv downswing I hit after 2 weeks at the 55s. I may go back to Stars and play next month idk yet. I like the structure better but the faster games on Tilt, the rematch button (which may hurt me more than help since I get into pissing contests with donks), and rakeback though really make it hard for me to think about leaving there.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
good bye 33s
This is unreal. I tilted off a couple buy ins tonight but I dropped 10 total. In about 40 games which is horrible. At one point I lost 13 of 17 games. I didn't win flips, 60/40s, 70/30s. Anything. Turned it around won 7/8 and was almost back to even. Then lost 8 of 10. I know I lost my cool a lil tonight and thats prob responsible for a couple of buy ins. But I had so many people down to the felt in lvl 1 and 2. I had like 4 people under 10BBs before the end of lvl 2 that won. They either smashed the deck or they kept calling shove with Kx, Jxs, etc and my pairs and AK, AQ hands couldnt hold out.
Of course all the donks berated me about how bad I played. After having the lead for 15 minutes in a match and a donk min raising and calling a shove with J5s to river a flush then got AQ v/s my A8 and then got JJ v/s my Kx and tells me how he dominated the whole match. I'm seriously just thinking of turning off chat at Tilt. Not sure if you can without having your chat removed? Stars is much easier to just block chat.
Anyway I'm done for the night. I was 1 win away from being .500 on the night and was going to stop at that point. So I feel like I lost 10 BIs 2x tonight. I'm just sick at the moment. At 175 games at the 33s my ROI was like 8% and now at 400 I'm break even. And its really because of 2 sick nights that I ran so bad. So I'll go back to the 22s tomorrow and grind them out a while I guess. Kind of frustrating cause I have the roll for the 33s I just can't beat them. And its not getting out played either which I could deal with and learn from. Nothing to learn from losing with the best hand all night.
Of course all the donks berated me about how bad I played. After having the lead for 15 minutes in a match and a donk min raising and calling a shove with J5s to river a flush then got AQ v/s my A8 and then got JJ v/s my Kx and tells me how he dominated the whole match. I'm seriously just thinking of turning off chat at Tilt. Not sure if you can without having your chat removed? Stars is much easier to just block chat.
Anyway I'm done for the night. I was 1 win away from being .500 on the night and was going to stop at that point. So I feel like I lost 10 BIs 2x tonight. I'm just sick at the moment. At 175 games at the 33s my ROI was like 8% and now at 400 I'm break even. And its really because of 2 sick nights that I ran so bad. So I'll go back to the 22s tomorrow and grind them out a while I guess. Kind of frustrating cause I have the roll for the 33s I just can't beat them. And its not getting out played either which I could deal with and learn from. Nothing to learn from losing with the best hand all night.
up and down again
This is getting annoying. My afternoon sessions I run like crap every day. I won 6 in a row today followed by losing 7 of 8. I missed everything. I lost 3 all in coin flips. The best was the guy who min 3 bet 44 and called my shove. But since I moved up to the 33s I haven' had a winning afternoon session yet. It really sucks. I went 10 and 10 today so down about 20 with rakeback which isn't horrible but still these sessions are making me crazy. If I was just playing bad I'd go back to the 22s for the afternoons but I don't seem to be playing bad just I run really bad in the early sessions. Some of the players are the same donks from the 22s anyway that I've got notes on.
My ROI since moving is like 2.5% but I think cause of the downswing I had before moving down thats probably what my ROI was before. But its a small sample. Take a couple of flips I lost and turn them into wins and I'd double my ROI . I may update this tonight when I do my late session or may just wait til tomorrow. I should have the SNG article links tomorrow as well for those that were interested in reading them.
My ROI since moving is like 2.5% but I think cause of the downswing I had before moving down thats probably what my ROI was before. But its a small sample. Take a couple of flips I lost and turn them into wins and I'd double my ROI . I may update this tonight when I do my late session or may just wait til tomorrow. I should have the SNG article links tomorrow as well for those that were interested in reading them.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
please make this rollercoaster stop
Good grief this is crazy. I broken even today but man it was rough. Started off dropping 7/9 and another streak of 6/8. I finally got back to winning again but its been a crazy day. I had 1 guy sit down and donk off 4 BIs in about 10 minutes which helped save my evening. But I had one guy that beat me 3 out of 4 games and he was awful. Be bets a rag flop and I shove KTs for 2 overs and a flush draw and he snap calls me with KJo no draw and I wiff. Next game I CRAI with middle set and he snap calls my overshove with A9o for Ace high and a back door flush draw that of course comes in. He wouldn't fold A hi ever it seemed and he called me on the river with K hi and Q hi a couple of times. The problem was when we got all in he kept outdrawing me. Just seemed like the worse the players were today the better they ran against me.
Anyway I think I broke even overall today and only played about 40 games so it could have been worse. I need to start putting in some more volume though. Since I moved up to the 33s I'm playing about 40-45 and I was playing about 60 or so at the 22s.
Anyway I think I broke even overall today and only played about 40 games so it could have been worse. I need to start putting in some more volume though. Since I moved up to the 33s I'm playing about 40-45 and I was playing about 60 or so at the 22s.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Moving up and running bad
Did ok in the 1st session yesterday. I only finished up 2 Buy ins over 30 games but I lost a couple of dominating hands to suck outs or I would have been up 6 so I wasn't too concerned. Then last night I went on a 40 game break even stretch that really sucked. Nothing went my way. No matter how bad the player was he always seemed to come up with a hand when I bluffed, or had me out kicked on pairs, etc.
For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to try and move back up to the 33s today. I play 23 and dropped 2 BIs so its not terrible but I had to get on a heater to end only 2 down. I had 2 -3 game streaks and a -5 game streak. At one point I lost 8 of 9 and 11 out of 15. I did finish on a 5 game win streak but not sure if I'll play the 33s in my late session or not. I ran really bad FWIW though. 2 all ins preflop I had them dominated with AJ and AQ v/s Ax and they flop their kicker. A guy shoved 3x the flop with top pair and I had him outchipped and out kicked and he catches his kicker. Then tells me how he's outplayed me for 2 or 3 straight game and deserved to catch his hand.
Not sure whats up with the trash talk lately. I know I've been bad about mentioning to players how good they are running v/s me but thats about the extent of my end unless they get out of hand. I had 3 or 4 players berating me for being a fish last night. Not sure if they were running that good v/s me or maybe I just wasn't on my A game. I've tried to start blocking chat more often just so I'm not distracted by the trash talkers.
I'm hoping to get my SNG articles finished in the next day or so. I had a couple new ideas and rewrote one of them and may rewrite a 2nd as well. I know I'm behind on them but I'd rather they be good than fast.
Update: OK I did another 20 game set at the 33s and did really well. Went up 5 Buy Ins. Had a 7 game win streak and won 10/11 and 12/14 at one point. So not a bad overall.
For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to try and move back up to the 33s today. I play 23 and dropped 2 BIs so its not terrible but I had to get on a heater to end only 2 down. I had 2 -3 game streaks and a -5 game streak. At one point I lost 8 of 9 and 11 out of 15. I did finish on a 5 game win streak but not sure if I'll play the 33s in my late session or not. I ran really bad FWIW though. 2 all ins preflop I had them dominated with AJ and AQ v/s Ax and they flop their kicker. A guy shoved 3x the flop with top pair and I had him outchipped and out kicked and he catches his kicker. Then tells me how he's outplayed me for 2 or 3 straight game and deserved to catch his hand.
Not sure whats up with the trash talk lately. I know I've been bad about mentioning to players how good they are running v/s me but thats about the extent of my end unless they get out of hand. I had 3 or 4 players berating me for being a fish last night. Not sure if they were running that good v/s me or maybe I just wasn't on my A game. I've tried to start blocking chat more often just so I'm not distracted by the trash talkers.
I'm hoping to get my SNG articles finished in the next day or so. I had a couple new ideas and rewrote one of them and may rewrite a 2nd as well. I know I'm behind on them but I'd rather they be good than fast.
Update: OK I did another 20 game set at the 33s and did really well. Went up 5 Buy Ins. Had a 7 game win streak and won 10/11 and 12/14 at one point. So not a bad overall.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Nice comeback
Good comeback today. Made about 8 Buy ins over 58 games. Started off pretty bad winning like 2 of 7 but turned around after that. Had 1 guy who rematched me I believe 9 or 10 times so thats got to be a record. He wasn't that good but he wasn't horrible either. Really let me run him over. I might have been up 2 buy ins at best though. He sucked out a couple of times for huge pots to get wins and he coolered me a couple times as well. But every match I ran him over for the majority of the match. Just unusual for a guy to keep rematching like that but I wasn't complaining. I'd rather continue playing someone I have reads on and know I can outplay than to have some unknown random player.
My ROI is now 8% over 375 games at the 22s. I think it should be a little higher but thats 2 tabling so I know I'm giving up a little bit of an edge there. I'll probably try to move back to the 33s by the weekend hopefully.
My ROI is now 8% over 375 games at the 22s. I think it should be a little higher but thats 2 tabling so I know I'm giving up a little bit of an edge there. I'll probably try to move back to the 33s by the weekend hopefully.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
rough weekend
Well tornadoes hit town yesterday. Neighbor said he watched one of them forming no more than mile behind our house and it touched down about 1.5 miles to the north of us so we got lucky. All the damage we had was a tree down in the yard. Also no power at the house for almost 12 hours so I didn't get to put in any games last night.
Ran really bad today. Started off like 1 for 9 or 10. Ended up only down 4.5 BIs so it wasn't terrible but not what I would have preferred. I had quads 2x and couldn't get paid off. I ran into a straight flush with a full house. Guys limp/calling 1/3 of their stack with weak suited connectors and getting all in v/s my AA 2 or 3 times didn't help either when they never missed.
Ran really bad today. Started off like 1 for 9 or 10. Ended up only down 4.5 BIs so it wasn't terrible but not what I would have preferred. I had quads 2x and couldn't get paid off. I ran into a straight flush with a full house. Guys limp/calling 1/3 of their stack with weak suited connectors and getting all in v/s my AA 2 or 3 times didn't help either when they never missed.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
lol upswongs
Well played an early session today about 30 games and was up 2 BIs. But the night session was maybe one of my best ever. I won 21 of 29 games. Had a 6 game win streak broken by a 2 outter, then another 6 game win streak. Pretty good day overall. Up 15 BIs on the day so I believe this may be the best overall day I've had playing HU poker.
Hand of the day here as well.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5983983305: $22 + $1 Heads Up Sit & Go (45559383), Table 1 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:44:20 ET - 2008/04/10
Seat 1: jackofheartz13 (1,440)
Seat 2: pmar (1,560)
jackofheartz13 posts the small blind of 15
pmar posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jackofheartz13 [Qs Ks]
jackofheartz13 raises to 90
pmar calls 60
*** FLOP *** [4s 6s 7s]
pmar bets 180
jackofheartz13 calls 180
*** TURN *** [4s 6s 7s] [Qc]
pmar bets 540
jackofheartz13 calls 540
*** RIVER *** [4s 6s 7s Qc] [3s]
pmar bets 390
jackofheartz13 raises to 630, and is all in
pmar has 15 seconds left to act
pmar calls 240
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jackofheartz13 shows [Qs Ks] a flush, King high
pmar mucks
jackofheartz13 wins the pot (2,880) with a flush, King high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,880 | Rake 0
Board: [4s 6s 7s Qc 3s]
Seat 1: jackofheartz13 (small blind) showed [Qs Ks] and won (2,880) with a flush, King high
Seat 2: pmar (big blind) mucked [7c Jh] - a pair of Sevens
Hand of the day here as well.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5983983305: $22 + $1 Heads Up Sit & Go (45559383), Table 1 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:44:20 ET - 2008/04/10
Seat 1: jackofheartz13 (1,440)
Seat 2: pmar (1,560)
jackofheartz13 posts the small blind of 15
pmar posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jackofheartz13 [Qs Ks]
jackofheartz13 raises to 90
pmar calls 60
*** FLOP *** [4s 6s 7s]
pmar bets 180
jackofheartz13 calls 180
*** TURN *** [4s 6s 7s] [Qc]
pmar bets 540
jackofheartz13 calls 540
*** RIVER *** [4s 6s 7s Qc] [3s]
pmar bets 390
jackofheartz13 raises to 630, and is all in
pmar has 15 seconds left to act
pmar calls 240
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jackofheartz13 shows [Qs Ks] a flush, King high
pmar mucks
jackofheartz13 wins the pot (2,880) with a flush, King high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,880 | Rake 0
Board: [4s 6s 7s Qc 3s]
Seat 1: jackofheartz13 (small blind) showed [Qs Ks] and won (2,880) with a flush, King high
Seat 2: pmar (big blind) mucked [7c Jh] - a pair of Sevens
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
weeee upswings
Well ran really good in the 1st 1/2 of my day. I had a 8 game win streak that easily could have been much more. I won 15 out of 18 games at one point and the 3 losses were hands where I had the player dominated and they sucked out. Overall I was 35 and 23 on the day so its not too bad. I played really well and managed to hold with most of my bigger hands. Out of the 23 losses I think 10 of them were where I got a player in dominated and lost so it could have been a much better day.
Also I may be doing a couple of HU SNG articles. I got asked today and most likely will start on them this week. If I do I will link over to them.
Also I may be doing a couple of HU SNG articles. I got asked today and most likely will start on them this week. If I do I will link over to them.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
W.S.O.P. backing?
OK taking a long shot but for the last 3 years I've had discussions about someone backing me in the event and every year its fallen through. So I'm taking a shot and asking around again. I'd prefer 1 person for the event but if I could get enough people wanting to buy %s to pay for the event and travel I'd be fine with that. I wouldn't mind doing some prelim events as well. If you'd be interested LMK.
Back to HU SNGs
OK quick update here. Went back to HU SNGs about 10 days ago. I had a decent roll for them but I started at the 11s and played 1 day and made enough that I moved up to the 22s the next day and then to the 33s. I did well until the weekend. Thursday I moved up to the 55s and dropped 1 BI over 60 games. Not bad but I decided to go back to the 33s and play a little more before going back. Fri I dropped 7.5 BIs. Sat I dropped a couple more before Tilt crashed. Sunday I dropped another 3.5 more BIs. So tonight I go back to the 22s and dropped 6 BIs there.
Its been a sickening run. Some of the hi lites are flopping trips with K7 on Q77 board, getting all in v/s Qx, turn K, river Q. I've lost more times than I've won when I had big pairs v/s smaller pairs AIPF. Coin flips I'm running about 35%. I'm losing a ton of all ins with over cards v/s smaller cards such as AJ v/s K6, etc. Hell I had one player yesterday who got in 5 times all in v/s me and every time he had K9 or K6s Kx etc. He had a K every time and won 4 out of 5 v/s my Ax and pairs. I won the 4th all in to get back to even with him. Its just been one of those weekends. You can take about 1/2 of the worse beats I had and I'd be up on the weekend. I'm planning on staying at the 22s until I get this cold streak over with.
Its been a sickening run. Some of the hi lites are flopping trips with K7 on Q77 board, getting all in v/s Qx, turn K, river Q. I've lost more times than I've won when I had big pairs v/s smaller pairs AIPF. Coin flips I'm running about 35%. I'm losing a ton of all ins with over cards v/s smaller cards such as AJ v/s K6, etc. Hell I had one player yesterday who got in 5 times all in v/s me and every time he had K9 or K6s Kx etc. He had a K every time and won 4 out of 5 v/s my Ax and pairs. I won the 4th all in to get back to even with him. Its just been one of those weekends. You can take about 1/2 of the worse beats I had and I'd be up on the weekend. I'm planning on staying at the 22s until I get this cold streak over with.
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